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NYC Cops Keep Ticketing Van With Corpse Inside

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 5, 2009 12:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – A New York man’s decomposed body was found yesterday in a minivan peppered with parking tickets issued by officers who apparently didn’t notice the corpse, the Daily News reports. “The window was cracked open,” said the daughter of George Morales. “... Read full story »

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